jockey

英 [ˈdʒɒki]

美 [ˈdʒɑːki]

n.  (尤指职业的)赛马骑师
v.  耍各种手腕获取; 运用手段谋取

复数：jockeys　现在分词：jockeying　过去式：jockeyed　第三人称单数：jockeys　过去分词：jockeyed　

GRE

Collins.2 / BNC.5884 / COCA.9512

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指职业的）赛马骑师
  a person who rides horses in races, especially as a job

verb

• 耍各种手腕获取；运用手段谋取
  to try all possible ways of gaining an advantage over other people
  1. The runners jockeyed for position at the start.
     赛跑选手力求抢占起跑有利位置。
  2. The bands are constantly jockeying with each other for the number one spot.
     这些乐队经常相互耍手段以谋取榜首位置。

柯林斯词典

• 赛马骑师
  Ajockeyis someone who rides a horse in a race.
• VERB 耍各种手腕获取；用尽手段谋取
  If you say that someoneis jockeying forsomething, you mean that they are using whatever methods they can in order to get it or do it before their competitors can get it or do it.
  1. The rival political parties are already jockeying for power...
     相互竞争的政党已经在耍各种手段争权夺势了。
  2. Already, both sides are jockeying to belittle the other side.
     双方已经在使出浑身解数贬低对方了。

英英释义

noun

• someone employed to ride horses in horse races
• an operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus
  1. he's a truck jockey
  2. a computer jockey
  3. a disc jockey

verb

• ride a racehorse as a professional jockey
• defeat someone through trickery or deceit
  Synonym:cheatchouseshaftscrewchicane
• compete (for an advantage or a position)

双语例句

• The rival political parties are already jockeying for power
  相互竞争的政党已经在耍各种手段争权夺势了。
• Disc Jockey ( DJ) is hired to play all kinds of music.
  他们会雇一名DJ（播音员）来播放各种各样的音乐。
• Do you think you can jockey them into accepting our offer?
  你觉得能说服他们接受我们的提议吗？
• I can always get another box jockey.
  我总能再找到一个撬箱子的。
• The jockey said he tended to flick horses with the whip.
  骑手说他经常会用鞭子抽马。
• What if your dad finds out you took the Jockey exam?
  如果你爸爸发现你考了骑师考试怎么办？
• Hong Kong Jockey Club was founded in1884.
  ***成立于1884年。
• The jockey urged his horse to run faster.
  骑师催促他的马让它跑地更快。
• Now it seems that he has carried off the prize awarded by the Jockey Club.
  现在似乎又是他夺去了骑士俱乐部所赠的锦标！
• Already, both sides are jockeying to belittle the other side.
  双方已经在使出浑身解数贬低对方了。